Mayor raises doubts about road funding

A mayor in Sydney's inner west has raised doubts about the Federal Coalition's pledge to fund the M4 East extension if it wins government.

Tony Abbott yesterday promised $1.5 billion for the project, but he hasn't said where the money will come from.

The Labor mayor of Burwood, John Faker says he understands the project would cost ten times that amount.

"The issue for me is, where's the rest of the money coming from.

"The other issue for me is, why has the State Government not come out along with this announcement and said what they're going to put forth or what they're going to allocate for this project?" Mr Faker said.

He wants information about the costings from Mr Abbott.

"You know, I'm more than happy to sit down with Mr Abbott if he wants to come out to Burwood and sit down with me and we can talk about the project and he can talk about his plans.

"For me though, I don't want it just to be a political stunt. I want a fair dinkum solution and fair dinkum funding for this project."